At NEST

Jazz was fuming. From the moment that the cons attacked up until Optimus had started making preparations to rescue Emily, he was furious. He had been trying to find Emily on his own, since the Prime had told him that it may take a while to find the Decepticons' base. His spark was almost thrashing against his chassis. He had lost the right to protect his charge and because of that, not once but twice, she had almost her life.

Why did her parents choose meh? Ah'm not worthy. He thought. His mind wandered back to when he was told he would be her guardian.

Flashback

"Hey Jazz! Could we talk to you for a minute?" Robert Whitefield's voice caught his attention. Jazz was on his way to talk to Optimus about his debriefing as he looked down at Robert and his wife, Lilian. They were smiling as they stared back at him.

"Sure, is everythin' ok?" he asked with concern and worry. Lilian laughed, nodding her head.

"Everything is fine. We just want to ask a favor of you." Lilian assured him. Jazz shifted nervously.

"What is it?" he asked.

"Well, you know about Emily, right?" Robert told him. Jazz nodded, remembering the little girl whom he had seen a picture of from Robert. Her wide brown eyes and brown hair shone in the sun in the photo when it was taken. She wore a sunflower dress and was looking at a butterfly. All in all, she was undeniably adorable. He smiled at the image and his mind was brought back to the present. Robert grinned and said

"We wanted to ask you if you could be her guardian, in case we aren't there for her." He said. There was silence before Jazz pointed to himself with a digit hesitantly as he looked at the two humans in shock. Were they joking? Or were they being serious? In answer, the two parents nodded, their smiles growing bigger every minute. Jazz's spark fluttered in nervousness. Would he be able to do it? Could he protect her? Was he able to look after the child of two of NEST's well-known allies? His spark and mind both thought the same thing. He answered

"I'd be honored."

Present

Optimus had been informed by Lennox that they had something. His spark swelled at the news. As he sped to where Lennox was, he was greeted by Epps, Lennox and Prowl.

"At 1300, we received a message from an unknown ID." Lennox began as he brought up a message from one of the computer monitors. Once he booted it up, everyone stared at the message.

I'll send an S.O.S. to the world

We're building it up
To break it back down

Seems I'm not alone in being alone

Don't delay

Optimus, seemingly shocked by the message, com-linked Jazz and prayed that he would answer.

:: Jazz. Report! ::

:: What is it, Optimus? ::

:: We received a message and I believe you are the only one that can help us understand it.::

:: I'm on my way. ::

Decepticon Base-Emily's POV

It seemed like hours that we had been hiding away from the Cons. We were constantly avoiding cameras and guards. At times, we had to stop and catch our breath. My prosthetic was rubbing against my thigh vigorously. I couldn't keep running much longer. Sweat dripped down my face as I tried to breathe normal. Beside me, Lacie did the same. She slid down to the floor and put her head in her hands. There was silence between us for a few minutes before Lacie spoke up.

"What did you do? Back at my cell?" She lifted her head from her hands and stared at me with confusion, her unnatural red eyes burning into my soul. I tried to swallow the lump that had been in my burning throat from the lack of water.

"That was me teleporting." I said simply, not looking at her. Lacie opened her mouth in shock and sputtered

"What? But how-" I held up a hand to stop her and walked closer to her.

"Look, I know what you saw was crazy and you are probably questioning your sanity right now, but I'll give you the short, short version, alright?" I explained to her. Lacie, with eyes wide, nodded slowly. I sighed deeply and carefully explained all that had happened up until now. By the time I was finished, I suddenly found myself squished against Lacie. She had embraced me into a hug.

"Em, I'm so sorry about everything! I always loved your parents and if you ever need anything, you can count on me." She said sincerely. I smiled. Lacie was the best friend/sister figure I had in my life and she always was there for me, through thick and thin. I was so thankful to have her.

"Thanks, Lacie. I think right now though, we gotta focus on getting out of here. I would have thought they had gotten our message and understood it." I mused. All of a sudden, we heard thundering footsteps coming close to us. I grabbed Lacie's hand and dragged her down the hall we were in, away from the direction of the Cons. This was an extremely inconvenient time for my powers not to work.

Primus, I need some help here.

To my anger and frustration, there was no response.

Seriously?! Now of all times, you don't help me out?

Still nothing. God damn it! So, my powers were still not working and I had no idea when the Autobots were coming, if they actually got our message.

NEST Base

Lennox, Epps, Optimus, Jazz and the rest of the Autobots stared at the message on the screen.

"It's from her. She's sent us this." Lennox was muttering under his breath. So she was alive when she sent it. He thought to himself.

"If Emily had sent this message, then why would she risk sending us this directly?" Optimus asked out loud.

"She knew that the cons could see the data history that she sent the SOS out directly to us. She's smart enough to know that she had to send it discreetly." Ratchet explained. Jazz had been strangely quiet since he was beckoned by Optimus. He stood there staring at the message with a look of concentration.

"So, what exactly does the message mean?" Ironhide asked. To him, it was gibberish. But to Jazz, it meant something.

"Em' used musical lyrics to send it. Da message is in the words. 'I'll send an S.O.S. to the world' is her sendin' a help message. 'We're building it up' means da Cons are lookin' on buildin' somethin'. 'To break it back down'. She's tellin' us that we need to stop it from happenin'. 'Seems I'm not alone in being alone'. She ain't alone?" Jazz trailed off, unable to come to a conclusion on that part. Prowl spoke up and said

"She found another prisoner in their base. The question is who?" Sadly, no one could find an answer to Prowl's question and Epps continued to read the last of the message.

"'JFK blown away. Don't delay.' JFK is President John F. Kennedy. He was killed in 1963 in Dallas, Texas. Could mean that their base is there." Optimus shook his helm in disagreement.

"I believe that is where she wants us to meet her, away from the base itself."

"Why though? Why not just tell us where she is?" Epps asked him.

"She may not even know where she is." Ironhide put in. Even though he had known Emily for a short amount of time, he seemed to respect the teen and her actions. There was silence that followed. They now knew where to find Emily and the mysterious friend she had with her. All they needed to do now was to go and wait.

Decepticon Base

Lacie and I stealthily got around the Cons' base and we found an exit. But there was something in our way.

A guard. I stopped and shoved Lacie back. She practically gave me her famous death glare and half-whispered/half-shouted

"What are you doing?" I hushed her and peeked around the corner, just enough to see what we were dealing with. The guard had somewhat heavy armor and had some exposed wiring at the neck area. His eyes matched Lacie's but more so giving off a satanic look. Lacie's eyes were a result of albinism. Her extremely light-colored skin also showed it. Lacie's hair was dyed with red streaks because she thought it was cool and I agreed. Anyway, I turned back to face Lacie, who was staring at me intently.

"Alright. So, one of us needs to distract him and the other needs to open the door." I explained. Lacie crossed her arms and whispered

"And who is the bait?" I stopped. Lacie stood no chance if she was caught but she was known for doing the weirdest things. But I knew that she would never forgive me for having her do this and it was going to scar her for life. All the more reason for us to do this. Snapping back to reality, I smirked at her. Lacie's eyes widened and she shook her head frantically, knowing full well what was going through my mind. I nodded and she glared at me again.

"You've got to be kidding me, Em! Why me? Why not you?" she hissed at me. I chuckled at her antics.

"Because, I'm not good at distracting people. You know me. Remember in 9th grade?" I implored. Lacie seemed to finally accept it because she nodded shakily and drew a breath. I hugged her.

"I'll be right there. Just bring the guard over to you and when I-uh knock him out, run to me ok?" I reassured her. She nodded. On the inside, I was deathly scared. I had no idea how this escape would end up. Would we die or survive? Fear was something that was shown on both of our faces. But we had to do it. Lacie stood up and reluctantly stepped into the hallway.

"Hey! Mark Tilden called. He wants his Robosapien back!" Lacie shouted at the guard, who turned to her and menacingly walked closer to her. As the guard moved towards her, I dashed out and behind him, booking it towards the exit door. Once I reached it, I pressed the button to open it. The door flew open and I whirled around to see Lacie almost getting grabbed. I quickly ran over and made a leap for his neck wiring. The guard thrashed his head left and right, his servos trying to grab me. I held on like a rodeo bull-rider. I slipped my hand into his neck plate and a miniature force field expanded, literally blowing his head sky high. Lacie ran towards the door and was waiting for me. As the guard's head toppled to the floor, I jumped down. The rest of the him fell to the ground with a loud clang. I didn't look back as I ran back towards Lacie and grabbed her hand, shutting the door behind me.

Almost immediately, we were both blinded by the glorious sunlight that radiated down on us. Lacie looked at me with tears in her eyes and squished me into a hug. I embraced her. We did it. We made it.

Well done, child. Now go. There isn't much time. Primus's voice echoed to me.

I really hope I can teleport now because it's going to be a long walk to Dallas. I thought.

Without getting a response, I felt my body quickly porting, fizzing between locations. I rapidly grabbed Lacie and within seconds, we left.

A/N: HI EVERYONE! Another chapter! Woo hoo! I'm so happy I was able to post this one! Right now, college spring semester has started and life is already full of homework, applying for jobs and stuff. But ANYWAY, for those of you who are like 'Who's this Lacie chick?', that my dear readers is my best friend's OC. So she owns her, not me! For those of you who have been reading this story since day one, THANK YOU SO MUCH! *takes microphone and tears up* I would like to thank everyone for commenting, voting and just laughing at all the good parts of Street Magic. But wait! There's more to come. Tune in next time for another updated chapter to Street Magic! Also, I recently started another story An Incredible Friendship. It's based off of the Incredibles movie. So, if you want, go read it and what not. Again, THANK YOU SO MUCH!

-Til all are one!

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